Dino Morea is a prominent Indian actor who has carved a distinct niche for himself in the Indian film industry through his powerful acting skills. He started his career in the entertainment world as a model and achieved great success in this arena. Later, he shifted his focus towards Bollywood and appeared in a number of commercially successful movies. This model turned actor made his debut on the big screen with the movie Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. Apart form Bollywood he also appeared in a few South Indian movies.
Early Life of Dino Morea
Dino Morea was born to an Indian mother and an Italian father. He has two brothers namely Nicolo Morea (older) and Santino Morea (younger) and Dino is the second among the three siblings. He spent the first 11 years of his life in Italy and afterwards, in the year 1996, his family moved to Bengaluru, Karnataka. He did his schooling from Bangalore Military School initially and later from Clarence High School. He completed his graduation from St. Josephs College in Bengaluru. He knows multiple languages including English, Hindi, Punjabi, Italian and Kannada.
Career of Dino Morea
In the year 1999 Dino Morea won Gladrags Super Model Contest following which he started exploring the modelling world. His received his first Bollywood offer after being noticed while modelling for a fashion company. He made his cinematic debut through the film Pyar Mein kabhi Kabhi, in 1999, in which he appeared alongside Rinke Khanna and Sanjay Suri. However his first film could not perform well at the box office. He delivered appreciable performances in the Rajiv Menon`s Tamil movie Kandukondain Kandukondain. Later he starred in a number of Hindi movies out of which the horror flick Raaz, in 2002, proved to be a big hit at the box office. The movie opened up more opportunities for the actor and he enacted in several other movies including Gunaah, Sssshhh..., Baaz: A Bird in Danger, Acid Factory, Ishq Hai Tumse, Tom, Dick and Harry, Dus Kahaniyaan, Anamika, Heroes and many more. He performed in both lead and supporting roles in his movies. He had also starred in a Kannada movie Julie.
Dino Morea also appeared in several commercials such as Live In jeans, Close-Up and others. He enacted in Alisha Chinai`s music video "Vah Vah". In 2010 he had participated in a reality show known as Khatron Ke Khiladi. Apart from these, Dino Morea can be seen on the ramps in various famous fashion shows.
Filmography of Dino Morea
Movie | Year |
Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi | 1999 |
Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil film) | 2000 |
Raaz | 2002 |
Gunaah | 2002 |
Baaz: A Bird in Danger | 2003 |
Sssshhh... | 2003 |
Ishq Hai Tumse | 2004 |
Plan | 2004 |
Insaaf: The Justice | 2004 |
Rakht: What If You Can See the Future | 2004 |
Chehraa | 2005 |
Aksar | 2006 |
Holiday | 2006 |
Fight Club - Members Only | 2006 |
Tom, Dick, and Harry | 2006 |
Julie (Kannada film) | 2006 |
Aap Ki Khatir | 2006 |
Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee | 2007 |
Om Shanti Om | 2007 |
Dus Kahaniyaan | 2007 |
Bhram | 2008 |
Meeting Se Meeting Tak | 2008 |
Anamika | 2008 |
Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi | 2008 |
Har Pal | 2008 |
Heroes | 2008 |
Karzzzz | 2008 |
Gumnaam - The Mystery | 2008 |
Sargna | 2008 |
Deha | 2008 |
Acid Factory | 2009 |
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | 2009 |
Pyaar Impossible! | 2010 |